Flour-duster.



In TRBISGHMA-N & G. RINGSTAD.

- FLOUR DUSTER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19l 1909.

943,204. Patented Dec.14,1909.

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F. TRBISGHMAN @L G. RINGSTAD.

K u I'IOURDU'STEB.

APPLICATION FILED REB. 19', 1909.

943,204. Patented Dec. 14, 1909.

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To all whom fit may concern:

Be 1t known that we, FREDERICK TRmscH- MAN and GEORGE RINGSTAD, citizensof the Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Application led February 19, 1909.

vide a duster adapted to apply a coating of flour, sugar or othermaterial upon the sheet of dough as it is fed from the machine, thedevice being provided with a brush adapted to extend transversely of thesheet of dough adapted to level the coating on the dough as it is passedunder the brush.

.vWith the above, and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription progresses, the invention resides in the novel constructionand arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings there has been illustrated a simple andpreferred embodiment of the invention, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combination bar and sheetingmachine, showing the improved flour duster in applied position thereon.Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the duster showing a portion of the brushbroken away. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the improvement. Fig. 4: is alongitudinal sectional view upon the line H of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is anelevation of the improvement. Fig. G is a transverse sectional view uponthe line G-G of Fig. 3.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 designates a combination barand sheeting machine of any well known construction commonly employed inbakeries. The machine 1 is provided with the usual belt wheel 2 mountedupon a suitable shaft and provided with a toothed wheel 3, meshing withsimilar toothed wheels whereby motion is imparted to a rocker arm 4 andto a suitable mixer or agitator and feeding rolls Vprovided within ahopper 5.

Patented Dec. 1st, 1909. serial No. 478,853.

r1`he numeral 6 designates the table of the machine which is providedwith an endless belt upon which the dough from the hopper 5 is fedoutwardly from the machine either in bars or sheets as desired, it beingunderstood that the table 6 may be raised or lowered in relation to thehopper 5 when desired.

Secured to the machine 1, directly above the movable table 6 and at themouth or outlet of the hopper 5 is the improved dusting apparatus S.This device 8 comprises a pair of approximately semi-cylindrical endmembers 9 having their inner faces adjacent their curved edges providedwith grooves or depressions 10. The sides 9 have their upper outer edgesconnected by the longitudinally extending bars 11 and 12. The bar 12 hasits ends provided with an offset shoe 13 adapted to overlie the outerportion of the top of the sides 9 and to be secured thereto through themedium of detachable threaded members 14. The members 11 and 12 havetheir under faces provided with longitudinally extending slots 15, andthese slots are adapted to aline with the depressions or openings withinthe end members 9. The end members 9 are each provided with outwardlyextending ears 16 and 17. The ears 16 are adapted for the reception of alongitudinally extending rod 18 which has its outer ends threaded andadapted for the reception of interiorly threaded retaining elements 19through the medium of which the sides 11 and 1.2 are securely retainedupon the ends 9. The ears 17 are adapted for the reception of trunnions2O provided upon the longitudinally extending brush member 21. Thetrunnions 20 of the brush member 21 are suitably threaded and areadapted for the reception of wing nuts 22 which not only securely retainthe brush in position upon the device but compress the parts of thelatter thereby effectively securing the front portion of the device.

The numeral 23 designates an approximately semi-cylindrical reticulatedmember.

This member 23 is composed of a screen of any desired gage and has itsedges provided with reinforcing metallic plates 24. The bars 11 and 12are provided with supporting members 25 constructed of wire or othersuitable straps and of an arcuate formation to correspond with thecurved cross sectional contour of the reticulated member 23. These CJisupporting members 25 are adapted to retain the reticulated member 23 inits proper position upon the end members 9 so as to prevent its saggingwhen an agitator bar, hereinafter to be described is oseillated withinthe reticulated body. By arranging the brush member 21 with the threadedtrunnions 2O and the connecting member 12 with the offset shoes 13having the detachable securing elements 1st, as well as the rod 18provided with the detachable members 19, it will be noted that thereceptacle 8 may have its parts readily separated so as to allow for theinsertion within the grooves 1() and 1.5 of reticulated members ofdifferent mesh. The member 8 is provided with a longitudinally extendingshaft 2T extending through suitable openings provided in the sides 9.rIhe shaft 27 has one of its projecting ends provided with a slotted arm28 which is adapted to be connected with a link 29 having its oppositeends secured to the offset portion of the rocker 4lof the machine 1.Secured upon the shaft 27 is a pair of adjustable collars 30 providedwith downwardly extending ears 31 which are adapted for pivotalconnection with links 32 and which have their opposite ends pivotallyconnected with a longitudinally extending agitator bar 33. By providingthe bar 33 with the links 32 it will be noted that the said links beingarranged at an angle between their connection with the bar and the earsof the collars 30, the said bar is at all times forced against the innerface of the arcuate reticulated member 23, and it will be further notedthat as the rocker arm et of the machine 1 is oscillated motion will beimparted to the link 29 which in turn iinparts motion to the shaft 27and to the agitator bar 33 connected therewith. By this arrangement itwill be noted that flour or other coating material adapted to beimparted .to the dough delivered upon the endless belt 7 is thoroughlysifted by the reticulated receptacle 23 and also that the brush 21bearing lightly upon the sheet of dough lays the coating upon the doughevenly and effectively prevents the formation of lumps upon the dough orthe feeding of a larger quantity of coating than is desired.

It will be further noted that the duster attachment may be readilyraised or lowered to agree with the size of the dough imparted upon theendless belt- 7 whether the dough is formed in bars or sheeting withoutnecessitating the alteration or changing of any of the parts of themachine.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination with a dough feeding machine having an oscillated armadapted to operate the mechanism within the hopper of the machine, of aduster attachment for said machine, said duster comprising asemicylindrical reticulated member provided with an agitator, meansprovided by the rocker arm for oscillating the agitator, and a brushpivotally connected to and extending below the outer face of the duster.

rPhe combination with a dough feeding machine having a hopper providedwith mechanism operated by a rocker arm and having an outwardlyextending endless belt, of a duster, said duster comprising removableside members and a removable semicylindrical reticulated member, anagitator arm within'the reticulated member, means for forcing theagitator against the inner face of the reticulated member, meansconnected with the rocker arm of the machine for oscillating theagitator, and a brush member connected with the duster and adapted to bepositioned a slight distance above or in contact with the endless beltof the machine.

3. The combination with a dough feeding machine provided with a hopper,a rocker arm connected with levers operating the mechanism within thehopper and having an outwardly extending endless belt, of a flourduster, said duster comprising a pair of semi-cylindrical ends providedwith oppositely disposed ears, a reticulated semicylindrical bodyportion between the ends, securing devices connected with the rear earsof the end members, a brush member provided with trunnions connectedwith the forward ears of the end members, a shaft upon the end member,adjustable collars upon the shaft, inclined links connected with thecollars, a longitudinally extending agitator bar pivotally connectedwith the links and resting upon the inner face of the reticulatedmember, an offset link upon the shaft, and a connection between the linkand rocker arm of the machine.

11. The combination with a dough'feeding machine, provided with a hopperand an agitator arm operating the mechanism within the hopper and alsohaving an outwardly extending delivery belt, of a duster, said dustercomprising a pair of end members of a semicylindrical contour havingtheir inner faces provided adjacent their periphery with channels, saidends being each provided with oppositely disposed slotted ears, upperbars at the outer edges of the tops of said ends provided withlongitudinal recesses, a reticulated member for the grooves of the endsand the bars, semi-cylindrical supporting members for the reticulatedmember, a removable bar connecting the rear ears of the end members, aremovable brush provided with trunnions connecting the forward ends ofthe end members, a longitudinallyvl extending shaft for the end members,slidable collars upon the shaft, links pivoted upon the collars, alongitudinally extending rocker arm pivotally connected with the links,a slotted offset erin upon the shaft, and a slotted link brush,Substantially as and for the purpose connecting the offset erin andadjustably set forth.

connected with the rocker aiin of the inaln testimony whereof we aiiiXour Signachine. tures in presence of two Witnesses.

5 5. The combination with a douoh eedino' T machine, of nretienlatedduster 'einovablf GHMAB' secured thereto and provided with analgitator adapted to be oscillated by the operatlVitnesses:

ingparts of a machine, said cluster being MAUDE FEEHAN, 10 provided Witha longitudinally extending] FRANK C. FIELD.

